November 18th, 2024

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Medicine Hat woman in custody on murder charge

By Delon Shurtz on November 26th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 26-year-old Medicine Hat woman accused of killing a woman whose body was found in a rural area south of Pincher Creek last Friday, has been arrested. Melissa Lynn Martens-Lagasse, who is charged with first degree murder and causing an indignity to a human body, remains in custody at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre ... Read More »

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Galt program brings back memories for interpreter

By Dale Woodard on November 26th, 2021

Blanche Bruisedhead takes great pride in speaking of her ancestors and her tradition. On Saturday at the Galt Museum, the Blackfoot interpreter who has been with the museum since 2002 was on hand for the Hands-On History interactive program – both for adults and children of all ages – for Reclaiming Landscapes, helping to craft ... Read More »

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Local seniors program expanding across AB.

By Dale Woodard on November 26th, 2021

A local program keeping in touch with seniors feeling isolated in a time of pandemic has now expanded province wide. The Volunteer Lethbridge Keep in Touch program connects people in the community with each other through a weekly telephone support system linking seniors to someone with whom to chat and access resource information they may ... Read More »

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Former LC students make big impact in national technology competition

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman on November 26th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A group of former Lethbridge College Civil Engineering Technology students have won third place in a national competition through Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC). The group consisted of three students, Sishminder Singh who at the time was an international student from Dubai, Jordan Dyck, a carpentry alumni from Lethbridge College and Harrison Hadford, former ... Read More »

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Lockers for city’s homeless being considered by LPC

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman on November 26th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Commission is looking into the possibility of obtaining lockers for Lethbridge’s homeless population. During the most recent Lethbridge Police Commission meeting on Wednesday, Acting Inspector Dwayne Smith answered a question that was brought up during last month’s meeting regarding that possibility. Smith said that Sgt. Mike Williamson along with members ... Read More »

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Winter Lights Festival is on!

By Lethbridge Herald on November 25th, 2021

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden is ready to celebrate winter! Its Winter Lights Festival opens to the public tonight. Now in its sixth year, the festival has become a winter tradition for Lethbridge residents and visitors to the city, attracting 20,000 people last year alone. That attendance figure was a 17.6 ... Read More »

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Two programs left in Galt lecture series

By Al Beeber on November 25th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Two more presentations are scheduled this year before the Galt Presents series at the Galt Museum & Archives goes on hiatus until February. On Dec. 1, the museum will host a presentation called “The Great Depression” which runs from 2-3 p.m. LaRae Smith will discuss how several local families experienced and overcame the ... Read More »

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Artist always finds something new in Bach’s Goldberg Variations

By Alejanda Pulido-Guzman on November 25th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge hosted Sarah Hagen to play Bach’s Goldberg Variations as part of their Music at Noon Concert Series on Tuesday at the University Recital Hall. Hagen has been awarded as Artist of the Year by both Ontario Contact (2017) and the BC Touring Council (2015), and mentioned by The Guardian ... Read More »

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Committee told about COVID-19 impact on City finances

By Al Beeber on November 25th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Direct expenditures associated with the City’s response to COVID-19 is forecast to be nearly $3 million. City treasurer Darrell Matthews gave a presentation to the Economic Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council Wednesday on the projected impact of the pandemic on operating budgets this year. He went through the assumptions, the financial ... Read More »

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Judge critical of man during sentencing

By Delon Shurtz on November 25th, 2021

A 42-year-old man who knocked a woman to the ground then struck her in the head while she lay there, is not much of a man, a judge told the offender. “It’s not very manly to strike a woman who is on the ground,” Judge John Maher told Jesse Aaron Tabor during a sentencing hearing ... Read More »

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Lethbridge County adopts new living document to tackle winter maintenance schedule

By Erica Mathieu on November 25th, 2021

Lethbridge County is moving forward with a recommendation to adopt a living document for a baseline level of service (LOS) with respect to winter maintenance. Jeremy Wickson, director of Public Operations for the county, outlined the features of such a document. “The one thing I am trying to create is some forward-looking pieces that can ... Read More »

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